Thrills and Spills at Monza: Verstappen Leads, Antonelli Crashes in Dramatic 2024 Italian GP Friday Practice

2024 Italian Grand Prix F1 – Friday Practice – Summary

An overview of Friday's practice session at the Italian Grand Prix

The Red Bull driver clocked in at 1m21.676s, securing a lead of 0.2s over Leclerc.

Leclerc is currently leading, followed by Norris, Sainz, Bottas, and Piastri.

Leclerc leads with a time of 1 minute and 21.904 seconds, just 0.013 seconds faster than Norris. Bottas is currently in third place, trailing by 0.223 seconds.

Leclerc closes the gap to just one-tenth of a second behind Bottas' fastest time, securing second place overall for Ferrari.

The list includes Bottas, Hamilton, Albon, Norris, Sainz, Gasly, Zhou, Perez, Colapinto, and Verstappen.

Bottas put in another impressive lap to surpass Hamilton. Following a disappointing performance at the Dutch Grand Prix, this will surely be a morale booster with Mattia Binotto present.

Bottas leads the timing charts for Sauber with a lap of 1 minute and 22.416 seconds. He is 0.2 seconds faster than Albon and 0.4 seconds quicker than Norris.

Verstappen quickly returns to the track and records the quickest lap time of the session. He clocks in at 1 minute and 23.088 seconds, putting him 0.3 seconds ahead of Hamilton.

The list includes Hamilton, Norris, Bottas, Antonelli, Albon, Gasly, Tsunoda, Verstappen, Sainz, and Ricciardo.

Antonelli crashes into the barrier! 💥 The young driver spins at high speed and hits the wall at Parabolica, but he reassures his team over the radio that he is unhurt. Red flags are now being shown 🔴#F1#ItalianGPpic.twitter.com/aQQQPqjaeb— Formula 1 (@F1) August 30, 2024

"Everything is fine, Kimi, everything is fine," Wolff communicates to Antonelli via the team radio.

Antonelli has had an accident at Parabolica. The red flag has been deployed.

Max Verstappen has already had to navigate the run-off area at Turn 1 multiple times. It's been a challenging beginning for the current world champion.

Hamilton is currently in the lead, with Norris trailing by less than a tenth of a second.

The Italian driver clocked a time of 1 minute and 23.955 seconds on soft tires, putting him 0.4 seconds ahead of Norris in the initial stages of practice.

All eyes will be on Kimi Antonelli during Mercedes' first practice session. Meanwhile, Williams has made a season-long driver change, bringing in Franco Colapinto to take over from Logan Sargeant.

During a practice session at the Italian Grand Prix, an Italian driver was on the track. Antonelli is anticipated to join the Mercedes team in 2025, taking over from Hamilton.

The announcement might come as soon as this weekend. During FP1, he will experience his first official F1 weekend by driving the W15.

Greetings to all and thank you for joining the Crash.net live blog for Friday's coverage of the Italian Grand Prix.

We have an exciting one-hour session coming up where Andrea Kimi Antonelli will be stepping in for George Russell to drive for Mercedes during FP1.

The event at Monza starts at 12:30 PM UK time.

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